by - February 5, 2017 8:42 am
“Made In America,” is a round-up of state and global manufacturing news. –––––––––––––– MANUFACTURING JOBS UP SLIGHTLY SINCE 2011, STILL DOWN 28% IN PAST 25 YEARS Over the last 25…
by - February 2, 2017 9:08 am
The last of the shuttered Walmart Express formats in Northwest Arkansas in the tiny town of Decatur was snatched up by Dollar General for $425,000. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.,-based Dollar General…
by - August 30, 2016 3:55 pm
Wal-Mart Stores CEO Doug McMillon recently said the retailer would ramp up its price rollback strategy a quarter or two earlier than planned. In the process, the retailer also abandoned…
by - July 27, 2016 4:18 pm
Nearly eight months after Wal-Mart Stores moved to shutter more than 100 Express stores scattered across rural America, Dollar General has said it purchased 41 of the empty stores –…
by - October 13, 2015 3:59 pm
Dollar General is the latest retailer to announce its paring down the home office ranks with plans to eliminate 255 positions in a corporate restructuring plan. The jobs elimination was…
by - January 23, 2015 6:09 pm
Dollar General will hold the grand opening of a new store at 1701 Grand Ave. in Fort Smith on Saturday, Jan. 31, beginning at 8 a.m. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.,-based retailer…
by - January 22, 2015 4:46 pm
Family Dollar shareholders approved the $8.5 billion deal to be acquired by Dollar Tree with 74% of the votes cast in favor of the merger on Thursday (Jan. 22). Shareholders…
by - November 19, 2014 8:37 pm
Dollar General Corporation affirmed its commitment to the acquisition of Family Dollar Stores in a statement to the media on Wednesday (Nov. 19). The discounter said it is actively engaged…
by - September 10, 2014 6:12 pm
Dollar General won’t take “no” for an answer. The company extended a tender offer directly to Family Dollar stockholders for $80 a share on Wednesday (Sept. 10). The hostile takeover…
by - August 21, 2014 9:57 am
Dollar General has been jilted by Family Dollar as the discounter has opted to hold firm with Dollar Tree’s $8.5 billion deal. Family Dollar’s board cites “significant antitrust issues” related…
by - August 19, 2014 6:45 pm
Wal-Mart Stores management has expressed no public interest in acquiring Family Dollar, which has takeover offers from Dollar Tree and Dollar General. The lack of interest by Wal-Mart doesn’t mean…
by - August 18, 2014 1:29 pm
Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling and Board of Directors have entered a bidding war for rival Family Dollar with a $9.7 billion offer announced Monday (Aug. 18.). The bid to…
by - August 6, 2014 11:15 am
After passing once on a chance to buy rival Family Dollar, Bloomberg reports that Dollar General is working with an advisor to evaluate its option about a counter bid to…
by - June 27, 2014 9:38 am
Dollar General announced Friday (June 27) that its chairman and chief executive officer, Rick Dreiling, 60, recently informed the board of directors of his intent to retire as CEO effective May 30…
by - October 28, 2013 10:33 am
Wal-Mart talks a lot about low prices with aggressive marketing campaigns, but a recent study by Kantar Retail found it was Dollar General that offered the lowest opening price points….
by - September 18, 2013 1:56 pm
Dollar General is off to the races recently reporting stellar same-store sales growth of 5.1% in its second quarter ended Aug. 2. These gains are linked to increased traffic and…
by - May 21, 2013 11:37 am
It seems to be the subject that few want to talk about, yet behind the scenes retailers actively pursue means to protect their assets from theft and damage coming from…
by - March 25, 2013 1:31 pm
Wal-Mart’s renewed focus on smaller store formats is seen as a downward risk for Dollar General in the coming year, according to some industry analysts. On Monday, (March 25) Dollar…
by - December 12, 2012 11:41 am
Competitive pressures and a perceived customer demand have prompted Dollar General to add cigarettes and other tobacco products to the majority of its 10,000 U.S. stores by the middle of…
